By the time the fireflies came out, I had decided this was one of the most magical nights of my life. It was June 20, the evening of the summer solstice. When I arrived at Stonestreet Farm in Lexington, Ky., a couple of hours earlier, an entrancing scene greeted me – the golden sunlight of late afternoon, a deep-blue sky, pastel-toned clouds.
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Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, is expecting a filly by Bernardini, Stonestreet Farm announced Saturday on its Facebook page.
The Bernardini filly will be the 6-year-old Medaglia d’Oro mare’s second foal. Her first, a colt by Stonestreet’s 2007 and 2008 Horse of the Year Curlin, was born at the Lexington, Ky., farm on Jan. 22.
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, is carrying her second foal, according to owner Stonestreet Farms’ Facebook page. Rachel Alexandra was bred to Bernardini this year.
The 6-year-old Medaglia d’Oro mare was the first of two female Horses of the Year to produce their first foals this year. Rachel Alexandra’s first foal, a colt by Stonestreet Stables runner Curlin, was born Jan. 22 at the Lexington, Ky., farm. Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, had her first foal, a Bernardini colt, on March 8 at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky.
LEXINGTON, Ky. − For fans of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, 2012 has been a special year. Both mares, voted Horse of the Year in 2009 and 2010, respectively − produced their first foals on central Kentucky farms. The transition from racemare to broodmare usually takes place well out of the spotlight, and many successful female racing stars fade from view once they arrive at the private breeding farms for their new careers.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Stonestreet Stables’s “Name Rachel’s Foal” contest generated more than 6,500 submissions from around the world, from which the stable expects to choose a winner by this summer.
The six-day contest drew a total of 6,521 name suggestions for the 2009 Horse of the Year’s first foal, a colt by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin that was born Jan. 22 in Lexington. Stonestreet Stables owns both Rachel Alexandra and Curlin.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Rachel Alexandra and her 10-day-old Curlin colt have returned to Stonestreet Farms near Lexington, according to a post on the farm’s Facebook page.
On Monday, Stonestreet posted a photograph of the mare and foal in a stall, captioned, “Home Sweet Home!”
The 6-year-old mare and her foal had been at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington since Jan. 27 due to what Stonestreet termed “a precautionary measure after her delivery for pain management related to the birth.”
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Rachel Alexandra and her first foal, a 125-pound Curlin colt born Jan. 22, were “doing well” one day after the birth, Stonestreet Farms said Monday morning on its website.
“For the next week, the focus will be on allowing Rachel and her foal to adjust to one another,” an update on the site, www.stonestreetfarms.com, said. “We thank everyone for their warm thoughts and amazing response to this special event.”
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, gave birth Sunday in Kentucky to a 125-pound colt by Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 Horse of the Year, according to a press release. It was Rachel Alexandra's first foal.
The bay colt was born at 2:40 p.m. at Stonestreet Farm, near Lexington. He took his first steps 1 1/2 hours later. Stonestreet farm manager Gary Megibben said both mare and foal were doing well and that "Rachel is a natural mother, and took to the colt immediately."